Patrick Michael Venditte (pronounced ven-DI-tee)…resides in Omaha, NE…attended Central High School (NE) and was named second team All-Nebraska, team MVP and a Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-Star in 2004… graduated from Creighton University in 2008 (majored in Marketing)…All American honors from Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball in 2007…Missouri Valley Conference Tournament "Most Outstanding Player" and Collegiate Baseball's national "Player of the Week" after leading Creighton to its first-ever Tournament title in 2007…selected by New York-AL in 45th round of 2007 MLB First-Year Players Draft but did not sign…selected by the Yankees again in the 20th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft and signed.

2017

Spent the season with the Phillies' Triple-A Lehigh Valley, going 9-5 with two saves and posting a 3.36 ERA (26 ER/69.2 IP) in 52 relief appearances…posted a 1.29 WHIP and struck out 69 batters against 36 walks ... Was effective against batters from both sides of the plate, limiting righties to a .216 average and left-handed hitters to a .218 mark…held the opposition to a .217 average with runners on base, while keeping hitters to a .229 mark with runners in scoring position ... Started the season going 7-0 with a 2.23 ERA and one save in 26 games through June 21 ... Prior to the start of the season he was a member of Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic, allowing five runs in 3.1 innings with four strikeouts in three relief appearances.

2016

Went 0-0 with a 5.73 ERA (14 ER, 22.0 IP) with 19 strikeouts in 15 combined relief appearances with Toronto and Seattle…went 0-0 with a 6.08 ERA (9 ER, 13.1 IP) with 12 strikeouts in 7 relief appearances with Seattle…made 5 relief appearances with AAA Tacoma, going 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA (1 ER, 8.1 IP) with 11 strikeouts...acquired from Toronto in exchange for a player to be named on Aug. 6...posted 5.19 ERA (5 ER, 8.2 IP) with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks in 8 relief appearances with Toronto…in 25 games, including 2 starts, with AAA Buffalo, was 2-1 with 4.37 ERA (17 ER, 35.0 IP) with 52 strikeouts.

2015

Spent the entire season in the Oakland organization, appearing at three different levels, splitting most of the year between Nashville (Triple-A) and OAK. Made his ML debut on June 5 at BOS, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings…Became the first ambidextrous player to play in the Majors since Greg Harris on September 28, 1995. Was placed on the seven-day DL June 12 with a strained right shoulder…Made rehab appearances for Stockton Ports (A) and Nashville before being activated and optioned to the Sounds August 3. While with OAK, posted a 0.51 ERA in games in which he tossed more than 1.0 innings (1ER/17.2IP)…In appearances of 1.0 inning or less he recorded a 10.64 ERA (13ER/11.0IP).